Bud Houston For many years, Bud Houston of Williamstown, West Virginia, was one of America's most popular agility teachers, stressing solid handling fundamentals and positive training techniques. When he started in the sport more than 30 years ago, there were no books or videos on agility, so he helped define the sport and became a pioneer of dog agility. Bud went on to become the founding editor and publisher of Clean Run magazine. He is the author of a large body of work, mostly related to training dogs for the sport of dog agility. Bud's expert commentary is featured on the USDAA Nationals videotapes during the early years.

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Named Obstacle Discrimination

Named Obstacle Discrimination

Bud Houston
Self-Study Course

The Bud Houston self-study training course is dedicated to solving the traditional tunnel-under-the-contact riddle—commonly called a discrimination challenge. Rather than approaching the challenge as a test of handling, we will train the dog to discriminate between tunnel and contact by a verbal cue......

$50.00
The Jokers Notebook: A Year-Long Foundation Course for Independent Obstacle Performance

The Jokers Notebook: A Year-Long Foundation Course for Independent Obstacle Performance

Bud Houston
12-month instructor-guided course starts Feb. 7; Limit of 40 Premier students. No limit on Standard students.

Class has started, but it's not too late to join in! You will be able to see all of the lessons regardless of when you enroll. The Jokers Notebook is a thorough training program that introduces step-by-step methods and video examples for teaching an agility dog to perform obstacles independently at......

$195.00 - $250.00